In every case, clinical questioning revealed that the women had
used skin-whitening creams — many for years. In other words, these women
had tried so desperately to whiten their skin color that they had
poisoned their bodies by applying mercury-based “beauty creams.”
Ninety percent of the women entering border clinics in Arizona with
mercury poisoning were Mexican-American, and they like their Mexican
counterparts had been using skin-whitening creams such as “Crema de
Belleza-Manning,” which is manufactured in Mexico. These skin-whitening
creams contain mercurous chloride, which is readily absorbed through the
skin. Saudi, African, and Asian women were also using these
skin-bleaching chemicals in a tragic attempt to change their appearance
to that of white women.